Ice Armour; Tank, or Stalker?
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2012-07-17 18:28 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
I have a Ice/Mace Tanker called Freeze Police -- blue skin, police uniform, police baton weapon. I coloured the ice armours and auras to be blueish, and toned down as much as possible to be less opaque and in-your-face.
War Mace has a satisfyingly clobbering feel to it, and the mitigation from the stuns and KD seemed to work well. I found it really fun and pretty survivable, but then it's also the only Tank I've ever got to 50, so I'm definitely not an expert.
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It's not just Ice Armor that allows for (pseudo-)tanking on Stalkers - my DM/Nin did just fine tanking an ITF (before being respec'd and using the IOs to softcap my ElM/Nin).
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Originally Posted by Tater Todd
Well there's your answer then LOL. It's a shame though...maybe in the future you should try Ice Armor on a Stalker?
It made my stalker so sturdy that I ended up sometimes Tanking for teams. It makes Ninjitsu blush. |
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So I've heard, I'm aiming to slot it into T-34's damage aura. It runs a lot like the Perf Shifter PPM proc did in Stamina before the devs went "D'oh."
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Originally Posted by Talen Lee
Now this is interesting - the +res proc is good in a damage aura?
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I have been able to Tank and survive with my /nin Stalker but /ice stalker pulls ahead. Keep in mind though that my /nin stalker was a nin/nin and my /ice stalker was a Elm/ice so that had a lot to do with it as well.
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Originally Posted by Siolfir
It's not just Ice Armor that allows for (pseudo-)tanking on Stalkers - my DM/Nin did just fine tanking an ITF (before being respec'd and using the IOs to softcap my ElM/Nin).
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One idea, from a friend, is a spines/ice stalker, whose spines are meant to be sharp shards of ice; that's interesting, but I can't colour the spines to look properly 'icey' to my tastes.
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